<obligatory introduction> I'm an Australian living in Seattle. Co-founder & Chief Architect of Apptio<http://www.apptio.com>, a 2 year old SaaS enterprise software company focused on the relatively new discipline of IT financial management. We just raised a $14m series B from Shasta, Greylock, Andreessen-Horowitz and Madrona. Some nice PR out of it, eg, http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/08/18/how-frustrated-cios-helped-create-start-up-apptio/
</obligatory introduction> I still think about moving back one day, this list is fascinating. From my experiences working in Australia and hiring here in the US (it's difficult, even in this economy, to find really great engineers) -- there is a pool of relatively untapped technical talent down-under, it seems like it should be turned into a competitive advantage. I think someone here referenced an article - "The Paypal mafia<http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/13/magazines/fortune/paypal_mafia.fortune/index.htm>" recently (or I found it somehow) - and it's an interesting effect. I can draw an analogy even from the very small startup community in Seattle - there are definitely friendly groups of good engineers that have worked together at previous startups and have now spread out over a few of the newer ones (eg, Skytap <http://www.skytap.com/>, Doyenz<http://www.doyenz.com/> ) Regards, Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
